Sirach 16

Rejoice not in ungodly children, if they be multiplied: neither be delighted in them, if the fear of God be not with them.

Ne jucunderis in filiis impiis, si multiplicentur : nec oblecteris super ipsos, si non est timor Dei in illis.

μὴ ἐπιθύμει τέκνων πλῆθος ἀχρήστων μηδὲ εὐφραίνου ἐπὶ υἱοῖς ἀσεβέσιν ἐὰν πληθύνωσιν μὴ εὐφραίνου ἐπ' αὐτοῖς εἰ μή ἐστιν φόβος κυρίου μετ' αὐτῶν

Trust not to their life, and respect not their labours.

Non credas vitæ illorum, et ne respexeris in labores eorum.

μὴ ἐμπιστεύσῃς τῇ ζωῇ αὐτῶν καὶ μὴ ἔπεχε ἐπὶ τὸ πλῆθος αὐτῶν

For better is one that feareth God, than a thousand ungodly children.

Melior est enim unus timens Deum, quam mille filii impii :

κρείσσων γὰρ εἷς ἢ χίλιοι

And it is better to die without children, than to leave ungodly children.

et utile est mori sine filiis, quam relinquere filios impios.

καὶ ἀποθανεῖν ἄτεκνον ἢ ἔχειν τέκνα ἀσεβῆ

By one that is wise a country shall be inhabited, the tribe of the ungodly shall become desolate.

Ab uno sensato inhabitabitur patria : tribus impiorum deseretur.

ἀπὸ γὰρ ἑνὸς συνετοῦ συνοικισθήσεται πόλις φυλὴ δὲ ἀνόμων ἐρημωθήσεται

Many such things hath my eyes seen, and greater things than these my ear hath heard.

Multa talia vidit oculis meus, et fortiora horum audivit auris mea.

πολλὰ τοιαῦτα ἑόρακεν ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου καὶ ἰσχυρότερα τούτων ἀκήκοεν τὸ οὖς μου

In the congregation of sinners a fire shall be kindled, and in an unbelieving nation wrath shall flame out.

In synagoga peccantium exardebit ignis, et in gente incredibili exardescet ira.

ἐν συναγωγῇ ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐκκαυθήσεται πῦρ καὶ ἐν ἔθνει ἀπειθεῖ ἐξεκαύθη ὀργή

The ancient giants did not obtain pardon for their sins, who were destroyed trusting to their own strength:

Non exoraverunt pro peccatis suis antiqui gigantes, qui destructi sunt confidentes suæ virtuti.

οὐκ ἐξιλάσατο περὶ τῶν ἀρχαίων γιγάντων οἳ ἀπέστησαν τῇ ἰσχύι αὐτῶν

And he spared not the place where Lot sojourned, but abhorred them for the pride of their word.

Et non pepercit peregrinationi Lot, et execratus est eos præ superbia verbi illorum.

οὐκ ἐφείσατο περὶ τῆς παροικίας Λωτ οὓς ἐβδελύξατο διὰ τὴν ὑπερηφανίαν αὐτῶν

He had not pity on them, destroying the whole nation that extolled themselves in their sins.

Non misertus est illis, gentem totam perdens, et extollentem se in peccatis suis.

οὐκ ἠλέησεν ἔθνος ἀπωλείας τοὺς ἐξηρμένους ἐν ἁμαρτίαις αὐτῶν

So did he with the six hundred thousand footmen, who were gathered together in the hardness of their heart: and if one had been stiffnecked, it is a wonder if he had escaped unpunished:

Et sicut sexcenta millia peditum, qui congregati sunt in duritia cordis sui : et si unus fuisset cervicatus, mirum si fuisset immunis.

καὶ οὕτως ἑξακοσίας χιλιάδας πεζῶν τοὺς ἐπισυναχθέντας ἐν σκληροκαρδίᾳ αὐτῶν κἂν ᾖ εἷς σκληροτράχηλος θαυμαστὸν τοῦτο εἰ ἀθῳωθήσεται

For mercy and wrath are with him. He is mighty to forgive, and to pour out indignation:

Misericordia enim et ira est cum illo : potens exoratio, et effundens iram.

ἔλεος γὰρ καὶ ὀργὴ παρ' αὐτῷ δυνάστης ἐξιλασμῶν καὶ ἐκχέων ὀργήν

According as his mercy is, so his correction judgeth a man according to his works.

Secundum misericordiam suam, sic correptio illius homines secundum opera sua judicat.

κατὰ τὸ πολὺ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ οὕτως καὶ πολὺς ὁ ἔλεγχος αὐτοῦ ἄνδρα κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ κρινεῖ

The sinner shall not escape in his rapines, and the patience of him that showeth mercy shall not be put off.

Non effugiet in rapina peccator, et non retardabit sufferentia misericordiam facientis.

οὐκ ἐκφεύξεται ἐν ἁρπάγματι ἁμαρτωλός καὶ οὐ μὴ καθυστερήσει ὑπομονὴ εὐσεβοῦς

All mercy shall make a place for every man according to the merit of his works, and according to the wisdom of his sojournment.

Omnis misericordia faciet locum unicuique, secundum meritum operum suorum, et secundum intellectum peregrinationis ipsius.

πάσῃ ἐλεημοσύνῃ ποιήσει τόπον ἕκαστος κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ εὑρήσει

Say not: I shall be hidden from God, and who shall remember me from on high?

Non dicas : A Deo abscondar : et ex summo, quis mei memorabitur?

μὴ εἴπῃς ὅτι ἀπὸ κυρίου κρυβήσομαι καὶ ἐξ ὕψους τίς μου μνησθήσεται

In such a multitude I shall not be known: for what is my soul in such an immense creation?

in populo magno non agnoscar : quæ est enim anima mea in tam immensa creatura?

ἐν λαῷ πλείονι οὐ μὴ γνωσθῶ τίς γὰρ ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν ἀμετρήτῳ κτίσει

Behold the heaven, and the heavens of heavens, the deep, and all the earth, and the things that are in them, shall be moved in his sight,

Ecce cælum et cæli cælorum, abyssus, et universa terra, et quæ in eis sunt, in conspectu illius commovebuntur.

ἰδοὺ ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἄβυσσος καὶ γῆ ἐν τῇ ἐπισκοπῇ αὐτοῦ σαλευθήσονται

The mountains also, and the hills, and the foundations of the earth: when God shall look upon them, they shall be shaken with trembling.

Montes simul, et colles, et fundamenta terræ, cum conspexerit illa Deus, tremore concutientur.

ἅμα τὰ ὄρη καὶ τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς ἐν τῷ ἐπιβλέψαι εἰς αὐτὰ τρόμῳ συσσείονται

And in all these things the heart is senseless: and every heart is understood by him.

Et in omnibus his insensatum est cor, et omne cor intelligitur ab illo.

καὶ ἐπ' αὐτοῖς οὐ διανοηθήσεται καρδία

And his ways who shall understand, and the storm, which no eye of man shall see?

Et vias illius quis intelligit, et procellam quam nec oculus videbit hominis?

καὶ τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ τίς ἐνθυμηθήσεται καὶ καταιγίς ἣν οὐκ ὄψεται ἄνθρωπος

For many of his works are hidden, but the works of his justice who shall declare? or who shall endure? for the testament is far from some, and the examination of all is in the end.

Nam plurima illius opera sunt in absconsis : sed opera justitiæ ejus quis enuntiabit, aut quis sustinebit? longe enim est testamentum a quibusdam, et interrogatio omnium in consummatione est.

τὰ δὲ πλείονα τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀποκρύφοις ἔργα δικαιοσύνης τίς ἀναγγελεῖ ἢ τίς ὑπομενεῖ μακρὰν γὰρ ἡ διαθήκη

He that wanteth understanding thinketh vain things, and the foolish, and erring man, thinketh foolish things.

Qui minoratur corde cogitat inania, et vir imprudens et errans cogitat stulta.

ἐλαττούμενος καρδίᾳ διανοεῖται ταῦτα καὶ ἀνὴρ ἄφρων καὶ πλανώμενος διανοεῖται μωρά

Hearken to me, my son, and learn the discipline of understanding, and attend to my words in thy heart.

Audi me, fili, et disce disciplinam sensus, et in verbis meis attende in corde tuo :

ἄκουσόν μου τέκνον καὶ μάθε ἐπιστήμην καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν λόγων μου πρόσεχε τῇ καρδίᾳ σου

And I will show forth good doctrine in equity, and will seek to declare wisdom: and attend to my words in thy heart, whilst with equity of spirit I tell thee the virtues that God hath put upon his works from the beginning, and I show forth in truth his knowledge.

et dicam in æquitate disciplinam, et scrutabor enarrare sapientiam : et in verbis meis attende in corde tuo, et dico in æquitate spiritus virtutes quas posuit Deus in opera sua ab initio, et in veritate enuntio scientiam ejus.

ἐκφανῶ ἐν σταθμῷ παιδείαν καὶ ἐν ἀκριβείᾳ ἀπαγγελῶ ἐπιστήμην

The works of God are done in judgment from the beginning, and from the making of them he distinguished their parts, and their beginnings in their generations.

In judicio Dei opera ejus ab initio, et ab institutione ipsorum distinxit partes illorum, et initia eorum in gentibus suis.

ἐν κρίσει κυρίου τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ ἀπ' ἀρχῆς καὶ ἀπὸ ποιήσεως αὐτῶν διέστειλεν μερίδας αὐτῶν

He beautified their works for ever, they have neither hungered, nor laboured, and they have not ceased from their works.

Ornavit in æternum opera illorum : nec esurierunt, nec laboraverunt, et non destiterunt ab operibus suis.

ἐκόσμησεν εἰς αἰῶνα τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς αὐτῶν εἰς γενεὰς αὐτῶν οὔτε ἐπείνασαν οὔτε ἐκοπίασαν καὶ οὐκ ἐξέλιπον ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων αὐτῶν

Nor shall any of them straiten his neighbour at any time.

Unusquisque proximum sibi non angustiabit in æternum :

ἕκαστος τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐξέθλιψεν

Be not thou incredulous to his word.

non sis incredibilis verbo illius.

καὶ ἕως αἰῶνος οὐκ ἀπειθήσουσιν τοῦ ῥήματος αὐτοῦ

After this God looked upon the earth, and filled it with his goods.

Post hæc Deus in terram respexit, et implevit illam bonis suis :

καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα κύριος εἰς τὴν γῆν ἐπέβλεψεν καὶ ἐνέπλησεν αὐτὴν τῶν ἀγαθῶν αὐτοῦ

The soul of every living thing hath shown forth before the face thereof, and into it they return again.

anima omnis vitalis denuntiavit ante faciem ipsius, et in ipsam iterum reversio illorum.

ψυχῇ παντὸς ζῴου ἐκάλυψεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς καὶ εἰς αὐτὴν ἡ ἀποστροφὴ αὐτῶν